Monday 7/23 Call to Action

Monday


There was a bunch of news out over the weekend, including the release of the FISA warrant authorizing surveillance of Carter Page,

1. I am going to call today about the limited number of children reunited with their parents.  To date, only "450 out of 1,606 children between the ages of 5 and 17 approved for reunification had been reunited nationally." A week remains in the deadline.  We should ask what happens if the deadline has not been met.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/07/21/migrants-families-reunited-phoenix/811518002/

2. I can't fit it all into this email, but Trump is acting outside even the usual Trump Box -- threatening Iran, raging about the investigation, and supporting Russia.  Something feels a little different.  Josh Marshall spells out the dynamic here:

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-bigs-are-starting-to-accept-the-unimaginable

3. Let’s Get out The Vote!
I think it’s going to take an overwhelming wave of blue voters to stop this terrible Trump administration in November. All hands on deck! At this point, you should be helping out a campaign at least once a week. Expect to do more as the midterm elections get closer.
Check out these calendars for upcoming events near you.
https://cd2action.com/calendar/
https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=ac5omvigbundbjhj2dbdna88hg%40group.calendar.google.com&ctz=America%2FChicago
Study after study shows that the most effective way to get people to vote is by having conversations with them in the four days before Election Day (Saturday, November 3rd–Tuesday, November 6th). Volunteer here to be part of the last big push. https://thelastweekend.org/?source=MN02

4. Vote Now From Home!
**Secretary of State Steve Simon is reporting a 60% increase in absentee voter applications from the last election cycle! This is awesome!!**

Minnesota is lucky. We have a great voting program that makes it easy for us to get out the vote. You are now able vote early for the Primaries that take place on August 14th. Check out this page from CD2Action that answers some FAQ’s about primary voting. https://cd2action.com/voting-in-the-primaries-101/
Don’t forget, you can vote from home in your jammies. Just sign up here (https://mnvotes.sos.state.mn.us/AB…/ABRegistrationStep1.aspx) for an absentee ballot and one will be mailed to you for free.

If Trump fires Mueller or Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, please be ready to take to the streets in protest.
https://act.moveon.org/…/mueller-firing-rapid-respon…/search

MN02 Congress Watch http://mn02congresswatch.org/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/572562169758984/

Klobuchar-202-224-3244
Smith (202) 224-5641
House of Representative switchboard: (202) 224-3121
MN Legislators: https://www.leg.state.mn.us/leg/legislators
Resistbot: https://resistbot.io/
Governor Dayton- https://mn.gov/governor/contact-us/